Ruote e Piselli {Wagon Wheel Pasta with Peas}

It’s summer time. It’s HOT, the kids are home on summer vacation and they are about to eat us out of house and home. Is it the same for you right now? During these busy and WARM months I need quick and delicious meals to get on the table in a hurry. Ruote e Piselli is a meal that can be prepared in 10 minutes or less. Ruote means wheels in Italian and besides being fun to look at and eat they’re the perfect shape pasta to pair with vegetables!

You can absolutely use fresh peas if you like, I used frozen. I keep several bags of frozen peas in my freezer at all times because they’re incredibly handy and cook up in a flash.

I whipped up a quick plate of INSALATA CAPRESE {Caprese Salad} during the time the pasta was cooking. I used basil and tomatoes from my own garden. It was the perfect accompaniment to this light meal. Now if I could just learn to make my own mozzarella I’d be all set ; )